BI Developer

Fixed Term contract through to 31/3/2027

Hybrid role

£40,000

BI Developer

The Power BI Developer will support the development, maintenance, and optimisation of the Microsoft Power BI estate. This includes designing and maintaining Power BI semantic models, datasets, dashboards, and dataflows to meet organisational reporting needs.

The post holder will work closely with stakeholders to gather and translate business requirements into effective BI solutions. They will collaborate with data engineers to produce technical design documentation and ensure that all developments align with standards, governance, and security requirements.

CORE WORK AREAS

Power BI Development

• Design, develop, and maintain Power BI reports, dashboards, and paginated reports.
• Build and optimise Power BI semantic models, including star schemas, relationships, measures, and row-level security.
• Create and maintain dataflows and shared datasets to support enterprise reporting.

Data Modelling & Architecture

• Apply dimensional modelling principles to support analytical workloads.
• Work with data engineers to design and document technical solutions.
• Ensure interoperability with the wider data platform.

Operational Support & Estate Management

• Maintain the day-to-day running of the Power BI estate, including workspace management, dataset refresh monitoring, gateway oversight, and performance optimisation.
• Ensure all developments adhere to clients processes, security standards, and testing requirements.

Stakeholder Engagement & Requirements Gathering

• Engage with business stakeholders to gather, document, and validate business requirements.
• Produce Business Requirements Documents (BRDs).
• Support the Performance Management Team in data visualisation and insight delivery.

DevOps & Delivery Processes

• Create, update, and manage DevOps work items (user stories, tasks, bugs).
• Contribute to version control, deployment pipelines, and release processes.

Research & Continuous Improvement

• Keep abreast of technological advances in Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, and related BI technologies.
• Evaluate and recommend tools, standards, and practices to support BI capability development.

Documentation

• Produce and maintain business requirement documents, technical design documents, implementation notes, and user guides.